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So Paul Graham complains that Russell Okung seems to use a different definition of economic inequality. And leaves it at that instead of giving his definition.

• geomark 11y ago
  I think he did give his definition. He said "It means the variation between different quantiles' wealth or income." Last line of the first paragraph of point 2.
  • tiles 11y ago
    I feel like the grandparent post demonstrates a flaw in the method of quoting passages you disagree with: you can just as easily claim the absence of information in the initial post and set it up as a strawman.
    • toolz 11y ago
      Of course, my grandparent comment demonstrates how much easier it is to correct someone claiming a lack of addressing the point, rather than the tedious nature of getting into trying to match someones rebuttal to a claim that may have only been partially made. Also, I don't think the claim that quoting the points your addressing solves all the problems in organizing a debate, just some of them.
• vonklaus 11y ago
  > Quote the specific passages you disagree with. This forces you to calibrate your mental model of what someone said with what they actually said." He also says this.